1/3
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Course introduction,
discussion of narrative principles
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1/5
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Discussion of viewing
journals and of narrative technique in The Lady Vanishes
Reading: Bordwell and Thompson,
pgs. 89-110, Corrigan, chapter 2
Due: Viewing
Journal on The Lady Vanishes submitted via email
on 1/4
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1/7
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Discussion of auteur
theory and writing about film auteurs
Reading: Sarris, "Notes on the
Auteur Theory in 1962," Wollen, "The Auteur Theory," Bordwell and Thompson,
pgs. 38-39, Corrigan, pgs. 84-86
Due: Homework
Assignment #1: Auteur Theory, it’s Limitations, and Hitchcock as Auteur
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1/10
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Peer Critique Demonstration,
Part I
Reading: Corrigan, chapters
1 and 5, Bordwell and Thompson, pgs. 431-436
Due: Homework
Assignment #2: Elements of Effective Cinema Studies Papers
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1/12
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1/14
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In-class analysis of
film sequence
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1/17
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Class Cancelled—Martin
Luther King Day
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1/19
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1/21
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Peer critique of Essay
#1
Due: First Draft of Essay
#1; bring three copies to class
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1/24
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Peer critique of Essay
#1
Due: Completed Peer Critique
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1/26
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Class cancelled for conferences
Due at Conference: Conference
Preparation Worksheet
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1/28
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